Gary Tobian
 Tobian in 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 14, 1935 (age 89) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | LAAC, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Milburn Tobian (born August 14, 1935) is a retired American diver. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and won a gold or silver medal in all his events: a gold in the 3 m springboard in 1960 and two silvers in the 10 m platform. Tobian held six Association of American Universities (AAU) titles in the platform, and won the springboard at the 1958 AAU Championships and at the 1959 Pan American Games.[1] In 1978 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
Tobian was a successful businessman.[2] He was married to the Olympic swimmer Marley Shriver, but they later divorced.[1]
See also
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- ^ a b Gary Tobian Archived March 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b "GARY TOBIAN (USA) 1978 Honor Diver". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
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